Shallow Footing on Sandy Soil

by Dr. Zhenhe Song @ GHD 2011 ,KP 2012

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V0.2 Delete depth factor for Vesic bearing capacity calculation;
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 Shallow Footing Bearing Capacity
Vesic's bearing capacity factor

Program Users: INPUT only in BLUE cells.

Job title : Project ? Job No : PE801-00005/11

Bearing Capacity
Notes : Location Client : …
Figure No: 2.1
Prepared by : ZS Date : 3/8/2018
Checked by : SM Date : 3/8/2018
Revison: ZS Date : 3/8/2018

Geometric Details:
Footing Depth (m): L/B, strip and square Footing Widths (m):
Df B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6
0.0 2 5 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3

Bearing Capacity Calculations:

"Equiv Footing" Depth (m): "Equiv Footing" Widths (m) - based on "2 in 1 projection":
Dfe B1e B2e B3e B4e B5e B6e
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0

f * ( o) 36 g bulk * (kN/m3) 20.0 Depth to g'water (m) 1.0

c * (kPa) 0 g buoy't * (kN/m3) 10.0 Factor of Safety 3.0

Bearing factors:

Bearing factor
Nq Nc Nr sc sq sr
Square 37.75 50.59 56.31 1.75 1.73 0.60
L/B= 37.75 50.59 56.31 1.37 1.36 0.80
L/B= 37.75 50.59 56.31 1.15 1.15 0.92
Strip 37.75 50.59 56.31 1.00 1.00 1.00

"Allowable" bearing capacity based on

Vesic bearing capacity factor:

B1e B2e B3e B4e B5e B6e

Square 56 113 141 169 197 225
L/B=2 75 150 188 225 263 300
L/B=5 86 173 216 259 302 345
Strip 94 188 235 282 328 375
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Bearing Capacity (kPa) 10

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0 2 4 6 8 10 12

Width (m)

Notes : (1) Recommended maximum bearing pressures are based on a FoS of 3against bearing capacity failure
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(2) Effects of horizontal loading or load eccentricity have not been considered.

GHD GEOTECHNICS
GHD Pty Ltd
239 Adelaide Terrace Perth WA 6004
PO Box Y3106 Perth WA 6832
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Drawn Date Job Number Title Client

ZS 3/8/2018 Shallow Footing Bearing …

Checked Date
PE801-
00005/11
A4 Capacity Project
SM 3/8/2018
Revision Date Cad Reference
Project ?
Revision Date Cad Reference
Project ?
A 3/8/2018 Cad\61-xxxxx-yyyy-GFz.dwg Bearing Capacity
This drawing should be read in conjuction with report number 61\xxxxx\yyy
Location Figure No
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0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5
Width (m)
Square L/B=2 L/B=5 Strip

Project ? Ref:PE801-00005/11
380906741.xls A4P Bearing Capacity Figure 2.1
Location
 Drawn Date Job Number Title Client

GHD GEOTECHNICS
Checked Date 61/XXXXX A4 Project

GHD Pty Ltd

Revision Date Cad Reference
239 Adelaide Terrace Perth WA 6004
PO Box Y3106 Perth WA 6832
T 61 8 6222 8222 F61 8 6222 8555 A
E permail@ghd.com.au www.ghd.com.au
GHD Pty Ltd
239 Adelaide Terrace Perth WA 6004
PO Box Y3106 Perth WA 6832
T 61 8 6222 8222 F61 8 6222 8555 A
E permail@ghd.com.au www.ghd.com.au
Figure No
This drawing should be read in conjunction with report number 61\XXXXX FIGURE X
 Drawn Date Job Number Title Client

GHD GEOTECHNICS JTP xx-xxx-xx

61\xxxxx\ A3 CLIENT
Checked Date TITLE 1 Project
XXX xx-xxx-xx
GHD Pty Ltd PROJECT
239 Adelaide Terrace Perth WA 6004
PO Box Y3106 Perth WA 6832
Revision Date Cad Reference
TITLE 2
T 61 8 6222 8222 F61 8 6222 8555 A xx-xxx-xx \Cad\61-xxxxx-yyyyy-GFz.dwg PROJECT
E permail@ghd.com.au www.ghd.com.au
GHD Pty Ltd
239 Adelaide Terrace Perth WA 6004
PO Box Y3106 Perth WA 6832
T 61 8 6222 8222 F61 8 6222 8555
A xx-xxx-xx \Cad\61-xxxxx-yyyyy-GFz.dwg PROJECT
E permail@ghd.com.au www.ghd.com.au
This drawing should be read in conjuction with report number 61\xxxxx\yyyy TITLE 3 Figure No

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